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W. HAROLD LEIGH-SHARPE 



CHILOSCYLLIUM (HEMISCYLLIUM) PUNCTATUM 



The harhelled dogfish 



The following description is based on the specimen numbered 

 55, exhibited at the Great International Fisheries Exhibition. 



Fig. 1 Chiloscyllium punctatum. A. 

 SL, slit. 



apopyle; H., hypopyle; *S'., siphon; 



It \Yas taken at Singapore, was 3 feet in length and weighed 

 6 pounds at capture (fig. 1). 



This animal possesses a siphon of the type found in Scjdlium, 

 long and narrow, about 4 cm. in length. The claspers are 

 denticled as in Scyllium, but the closed portion of the scroll-like 



